Accession No
1934.1077 C
Description
Ground stone axe locally called Nyame Akuma ("God Axes")
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ghana; Asante; Obuasi
Period
Iron Age
Source
Wild, Robert Powley (Captain) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1934.1077 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1934.1077 A-C: '3 ground stone axes; locally called Nyame Akuma ("God Axes")'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Checked, July 1973. For information about the pottery and some of Wild' s other finds, see Wild' s article, " Stone Age pottery from the Gold Coast & Asante" (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol.LXIV, pp.212-3); also refers refers tosyenite beads. Also, Wild' s article, " The inhabitants of the Gold Coast & Asante before the Akan invasion" (Teachers' Journal Vol. VI, No. 3 & Vol.VII, Nos. 2& 3)
Event Date 8/9/1992
Author: maa
FM:319507
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